phppointofsale is ok, the fact that they provide a one off purchase for the standaone version is unique.. a number of limitations noted from the demo version I just tried out; 
- lack of an integrated accounting solution 
- automated product re-ordering based on product movement
- limited cost accounting abilities

high-end commercial POS solutions cover these limitations, however, with sufficient technical knowledge you can setup similar systems with the opensource equivalents for much less. 

I'd recommend in addition that you get a system that gives you the bar code  with the label printing option - its always a + in the clothing business. 





   

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 3:53 AM, Kinpro Computers-All IT soutions via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
@Daniel Kimotho.

You would have issues
- Security.
-Bandwidth.-online shoppers or slow counter sales wont be problem.But
a serious restaurant,supermarket etc .you might end up having a paper
and pen before posting later.
-You would need to play with a number of tricks to be sure that what
you are reading in reports is real.Order management(online and
offline),Available items(for online and offline),order statuses,sales
etc.

-You might need strategies on both online/offline processing of data
over single site to business spread over multiple locations.

-Somewhere you might need to seperate things up and have an
integration instead when it comes to real operation.

You can view this simple PHP http://www.phppointofsale.com/ for POS features.

 POS is always a complex segment of business software.My experience
shows that you would always find something to improve, somethings to
bend, something to loosen , as business procedures are not
standard,always evolving .some customers can change their practices to
fit the software,but others find it hard to change ways that have been
giving them advantages over competitors.Sometimes changes would mean
business losses.

I think the more tech guys try more POS products around and share
their honest analysis and experiences,the more likely we can come up
with a powerful product that would fill the gap.
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On 1/28/15 1:22 PM, Daniel Kimotho via skunkworks wrote:
> Speaking of which,im developing a shopping site,i would like to add
> POS components to it...that are practical in East Africa ...I would
> like any ideas of what POS components can make that site a valuable
> and practical business tool.

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